Spain to pull out of Haiti

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Port-au-Prince (AP) – Spain will pull out of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti despite a request that its forces stay until the country finishes the stalled electoral process, a U.N. official said Thursday.

Spain’s 200 troops in northeast Haiti will be replaced in late March by Uruguayan soldiers who are already in the Caribbean nation, U.N. spokes-man David Wimhurst told reporters, calling the move “an internal political decision” by the Spanish government.

“Troop contributors do provide soldiers on a voluntary basis and they can withdraw them when they feel it’s appropriate,” Wimhurst said.

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